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Hebrews 9:6
When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses a community familiar with Jewish worship practices, describing the tabernacle's operational routine immediately after detailing its furnishings. This description establishes the baseline of ordinary priestly access before introducing the high priest's restricted entry.
The words — κατεσκευασμένων (kateskeuasmenōn) means "having been prepared," and οὕτως (houtōs) translates to "in this way." These terms anchor the verse's factual claim that the priests' regular entry depended on the prior arrangement of the outer sanctuary.
The thread — The routine ministry mirrors the daily lamp-keeping command in Exodus 27:21 and the regular offerings in Numbers 28:3. Luke 1:8 reflects the same ongoing priestly division system, while Hebrews 9:7 immediately contrasts this regular access with the high priest's annual entry into the second room.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the repeated, unbloody nature of the priests' work in the outer sanctuary. This factual record creates the structural contrast necessary to evaluate the superior, once-for-all entry described in the subsequent verse.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Cross-references
- Numbers 28:3 And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
- Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
- Luke 1:8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
- Exodus 30:7 And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- Daniel 8:11 It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.